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Galatasaray to face Porto in Champions League

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Published October 02,2018
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Portugal's Porto will play against Turkey's Galatasaray in the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday.

The second week of the UEFA Champions League is set to start on Tuesday.

At home, Porto will play against Galatasaray in Group D at 1900GMT on Wednesday.

Turkish champions Galatasaray defeated Russia's Lokomotiv Moscow 3-0 in their first UEFA Champions League appearance this season.

The Lions' other rivals in Group D, Germany's Schalke, drew Portugal's Porto 1-1.

In European matches, Galatasaray have played 272 games including 99 wins, 102 defeats, and 71 draws. The Lions will try to beat Porto to reach its 100th victory in European games.

To date, the UEFA Champions League Cup has proved elusive for Turkish clubs, with the Lions being the only Turkish club to have won the UEFA Cup in 1999-2000 and the 2000 UEFA Super Cup.

The week two matches will be played at 1655GMT and 1900GMT this Tuesday and Wednesday.

The matches are as follows:

Tuesday:

Hoffenheim (Germany) - Manchester City (England)

Juventus (Italy) - Young Boys (Switzerland)

AEK (Greece) - Benfica (Portugal)

Bayern Munich (Germany) - Ajax (Netherlands)

Olympique Lyon (France) - Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine)

Roma (Italy) - Viktoria Plzen (Czech Republic)

CSKA Moskova (Russia) - Real Madrid (Spain)

Manchester United (England) - Valencia (Spain)

Wednesday:

Paris Saint-Germain (France) - Crvena Zvezda (Serbia)

Lokomotiv Moskva (Russia) - Schalke 04 (Germany)

Borussia Dortmund (Germany) - Monaco (France)

Atletico Madrid (Spain) - Club Brugge (Belgium)

PSV (Netherlands) - Inter (Italy)

Tottenham (England) - Barcelona (Spain)

Napoli (Italy) - Liverpool (England)

Porto (Portugal) - Galatasaray (Turkey)